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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 6 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Holmes joined the army because he felt that it was his duty to fight for what he believed. What was his first battle?
(a) The Battle of Bull Run.
(b) The Battle at Ball's Bluff.
(c) The Battle of Antietam.
(d) The Battle of Chancelorsville.

2. Henry James Sr. was born again during the _________.
(a) Transcendentalist Movement.
(b) Awakening.
(c) Great Second Awakening.
(d) Civil War.

3. Henry James had a relationship with _________ who like him disliked institutionalization and systems.
(a) Henry Abbott.
(b) Charles Lowell.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

4. _________ had more spindles of cotton than all of the eleven states of the South put together.
(a) Jamestown.
(b) Boston.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Raleigh.

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes often preached the __________.
(a) Good word of the Bible.
(b) The equality of all people.
(c) Superiority of white people.
(d) The evils of slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to Henry James Sr.'s religious beliefs, his wife Mary Walsh had to resign her membership at the _________ church before their marriage.

2. Holmes was eventually released from his commission and returned home. When he did he entered Harvard to study_________.

3. The dominant political party during the time of the Civil War was ________.

4. ___________ felt that he was at a disadvantage because he had no formal education.

5. William James was an extreme ________ like his father, but disagreed with many of his father's ideals.

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